Africa is not only the original home of humanity, it is the cradle of its intellect. It was on Africa's savannahs, riverbanks, highlands, deserts, and forests that the first men and women used the power of their minds to shape their environment in ways that suited them. Here man established himself as a tool maker and hunter and advanced social animal. Over the course of millions of years, groups of prehistoric Africans of the genus Homo reasoned, judged, understood, and created the basis for much of the technology and industry that exists in the world today. John E. Pfeiffer.
http://www.swagga.com/inventors.htm
Monday, August 30, 2004
Friday, August 27, 2004
OHIO MAN PUTS VOTE ON EBAY
ELYRIA, Ohio - It took authorities just 12 hours to hear about and stop a man's eBay offer to sell his vote.James Pengov, 36, of Elyria, said he was hoping to land enough money from selling his vote to pay medical bills."Up for auction is MY VOTE!," said Pengov's Aug. 19 posting on the online marketplace. The item, advertised as "Presidential Vote for Sale," with a starting bid of $50, was yanked 12 hours after it was posted."Simply tell me who to vote for, after paying the auction, and it will be so," his listing said. "If you care, buy my vote and you will have twice the power in the upcoming election!!!!"Pengov said he didn't know that selling a vote was illegal.The fraud unit of the California secretary of state's office, which has been alerted to votes for sale on eBay in previous elections, came across the posting and notified Ohio authorities.Pengov told buyers he generally votes Republican, but expressed dissatisfaction with both parties.Hani Durzy, eBay spokesman, said the online auction service screens the 29 million listings for violations of its policies, but because 3.5 million are added daily, it relies on outside help to catch inappropriate listings.
Sunday, August 22, 2004
PROTECTING OUR KIDS FROM PREDATORS.
PROTECTING OUR KIDS FROM PREDATORS.
Florida will be the first State to institute the USA Track and Field Protection Initiative Program. Robin Beamon the association youth and membership chairman said track and field has been lagging in protecting its athletes from sexual predators.'" The day has come where we have to answer who is dealing with your children", she said. There are people who have these sicknesses that will use any avenues they can to reach our children. The program will take effect in November 1st, and will be administered in conjunction with Miami Dade Parks and Recreation. Administrators will be required to be bonded.
OPERATION TRUTH GETS VENTURA'S HELP.
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura will participate in a conference call from St Paul to help launch a new group called Operation Truth. The organization is being created to give voice to troops who served in Iraq. The NY based group wile educate the American public about the truth of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the perspective of the soldiers who have experienced them first hand.
www.paulrieckhoff.com
FERTILIZER THIEVES COULD GET CAUGHT PINK HANDED.
Farmers fed up with methamphetamine cooks flicking their fertilizer, staining them pink will do just fine. A new product called GloTell which is added to tanks of anhydrous ammonia will not only besmirch the hands of those who touch the fertilizer, but leaves its mark on anyone who snorts or shoots the end product. The visible stain even if it washed off, was still detectable by ultraviolet light 24 to 72 hours later. It also help farmers detect any tank leaks according to a spokesman for Illinois Based GloTell Distibutors LLC. Snort it, and it turns the nose fluorescent pink. Inject it, and the telltale pink shows up at the injection site. During testing, within a week , the thefts stopped. The meth problem is bad in rural areas like Kansas which ranks five among the top five meth-producing states in the nation 2003 , there were 649 meth labs seized in Kansas compared to 4 in 1994.
CONSULATE DID NOT CHECK ON ON TEXAS 7
Warren Beemer, a youth minister from San Antonio, was on a mission to help poor children in Nigeria , when a local man guided him to the Ibadan Children and Remanded Youth. Once there he heard a child speaking English with an American accent. The girl one of 7 American children led him to the six others. They said their adoptive mother , Mercury D Liggins, had brought them to Nigeria 10 months earlier and left them with a relative, who eventually abandoned them children convinced Beemer they were Americans, fans of the Houstons Rockets, and Dallas Cowboys and sang the Star -Spangled Banner with hands over their hearts phoned his pastor in San Antonio, John Hagee. He in turn alerted U Sen.John Cornyn and House Majority Leader Tom Delay, both of Texas and asked for their help. They, in turn notified the State Department which arranged to get the children back to Texas. The children return in Texas on August 13th pending a court hearing.
OVERTIME RULES EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 22, 2004
Workers earning $23,660 annually or less are eligible for overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week.
White-collar workers earning $100,000 or more a year are newly exempt from overtime pay.
Union workers covered by contracts will not be affected by the change.
People generally exempt from overtime pay include pharmacists, funeral directors, financial services workers, purchasing agents, physician assistants, accountants, chefs and software engineers. Go to
www.workingamerica.org
NEW PRINTER WILL HANDLE CD,DVD's.
The Z1 prints a 200 dots per inch resolution directly onto a printable disc. For more info go to:
www.primera.com
HELPFUL CALCULATORS .
Wether you are trying to figure out the lenght of a future mortgage, or how much money you have to spend on a new house, visit:
www.mortgage-calc.com.
HELPFUL TIPS ON PUBLIC PRESENTATION
www.ecn.ab.ca/toast/qa.html
ARE YOU USING YOUR PC TO FULL CAPACITY.
www.microsoft.com/windows/default.mspx
FINDING WORK AS A MYSTERY SHOPPER.
www.mysteryshop.org
JET AROUND THE WORLD
Everen Expeditions for a fee of $16,995 will circle the world by private jet. The trip will visit such landmarks as the temples of Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids, covering 12 countries in 30 days. Trip scheduled to start on Nov 1 thru the 30th, 2004. Book early.
Florida will be the first State to institute the USA Track and Field Protection Initiative Program. Robin Beamon the association youth and membership chairman said track and field has been lagging in protecting its athletes from sexual predators.'" The day has come where we have to answer who is dealing with your children", she said. There are people who have these sicknesses that will use any avenues they can to reach our children. The program will take effect in November 1st, and will be administered in conjunction with Miami Dade Parks and Recreation. Administrators will be required to be bonded.
OPERATION TRUTH GETS VENTURA'S HELP.
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura will participate in a conference call from St Paul to help launch a new group called Operation Truth. The organization is being created to give voice to troops who served in Iraq. The NY based group wile educate the American public about the truth of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the perspective of the soldiers who have experienced them first hand.
www.paulrieckhoff.com
FERTILIZER THIEVES COULD GET CAUGHT PINK HANDED.
Farmers fed up with methamphetamine cooks flicking their fertilizer, staining them pink will do just fine. A new product called GloTell which is added to tanks of anhydrous ammonia will not only besmirch the hands of those who touch the fertilizer, but leaves its mark on anyone who snorts or shoots the end product. The visible stain even if it washed off, was still detectable by ultraviolet light 24 to 72 hours later. It also help farmers detect any tank leaks according to a spokesman for Illinois Based GloTell Distibutors LLC. Snort it, and it turns the nose fluorescent pink. Inject it, and the telltale pink shows up at the injection site. During testing, within a week , the thefts stopped. The meth problem is bad in rural areas like Kansas which ranks five among the top five meth-producing states in the nation 2003 , there were 649 meth labs seized in Kansas compared to 4 in 1994.
CONSULATE DID NOT CHECK ON ON TEXAS 7
Warren Beemer, a youth minister from San Antonio, was on a mission to help poor children in Nigeria , when a local man guided him to the Ibadan Children and Remanded Youth. Once there he heard a child speaking English with an American accent. The girl one of 7 American children led him to the six others. They said their adoptive mother , Mercury D Liggins, had brought them to Nigeria 10 months earlier and left them with a relative, who eventually abandoned them children convinced Beemer they were Americans, fans of the Houstons Rockets, and Dallas Cowboys and sang the Star -Spangled Banner with hands over their hearts phoned his pastor in San Antonio, John Hagee. He in turn alerted U Sen.John Cornyn and House Majority Leader Tom Delay, both of Texas and asked for their help. They, in turn notified the State Department which arranged to get the children back to Texas. The children return in Texas on August 13th pending a court hearing.
OVERTIME RULES EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 22, 2004
Workers earning $23,660 annually or less are eligible for overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week.
White-collar workers earning $100,000 or more a year are newly exempt from overtime pay.
Union workers covered by contracts will not be affected by the change.
People generally exempt from overtime pay include pharmacists, funeral directors, financial services workers, purchasing agents, physician assistants, accountants, chefs and software engineers. Go to
www.workingamerica.org
NEW PRINTER WILL HANDLE CD,DVD's.
The Z1 prints a 200 dots per inch resolution directly onto a printable disc. For more info go to:
www.primera.com
HELPFUL CALCULATORS .
Wether you are trying to figure out the lenght of a future mortgage, or how much money you have to spend on a new house, visit:
www.mortgage-calc.com.
HELPFUL TIPS ON PUBLIC PRESENTATION
www.ecn.ab.ca/toast/qa.html
ARE YOU USING YOUR PC TO FULL CAPACITY.
www.microsoft.com/windows/default.mspx
FINDING WORK AS A MYSTERY SHOPPER.
www.mysteryshop.org
JET AROUND THE WORLD
Everen Expeditions for a fee of $16,995 will circle the world by private jet. The trip will visit such landmarks as the temples of Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids, covering 12 countries in 30 days. Trip scheduled to start on Nov 1 thru the 30th, 2004. Book early.
Friday, August 20, 2004
A WEEK'S WORTH OF HEALTHFUL LUNCHES
A WEEK'S WORTH OF HEALTHFUL LUNCHES
Sandwich of lean, white meat turkey on high fiber or oatmeal bread spread with reduced fat mayonnaise and layered with baby spinach and tomato slices; salad of chopped grapes tomatoes,carrots and celery with low fat dressing; a small yogurt and an apple for dessert; water.
Source: Lucille Beseler,MS.,R.D.,L.D., founder of family nutrition center of South Florida with offices in Margate, Hollywood, West PALM Beach.
Tossed salad of romaine with cucumbers, tomatoes, shredded carrots, chickpeas, diced chicken, shredded part skim mozzarella cheese and low fat salad dressing;whole-wheat crackers; apple slices for dessert;bottled water.
Source: Dr Lorne Katz, medical director for pediatric weight management team at Coral Springs Medical Center.
Vegetable soup made from 1 cup of chicken broth, chopped tomatoes, barley or wholewheat pasta and five or more vegetables of your choice, baked vegetables stick; and pear nectar.
Source: Maria Newman, RD,LD M.S, health instructor, Pembroke Pines Charter School, former supervisor Broward County Health Department Women, infants and Children division.
Whole wheat pita filled with 3 ounces albacore tuna packed in water drained and mixed with chopped celery, carrots,salt pepper and garlic powder to taste; fruit and carrot stick, with low fat ranch dressing for dipping; 2 graham crackers for dessert; low fat milk or water to drink
Source: Jeannette Peralta, RD; LD;MS; pediatric dietician, Miami Children's Hospital.
Vegetable chili with 1 cup low sodium chicken or vegetable broth, 3 ounces of boca crumbles, lentils, mixed japanese blend of frozen vegetables and chopped fresh orcanned tomatoes; 2 high fiber sandinavian crisp crackers to dip in soup; flavored fitness water, such as Propel.
Source: Christopher Fuzy, RD.,LD., MS., president lifestyle Nutrition in Boca Raton and plantation.
Sandwich of lean, white meat turkey on high fiber or oatmeal bread spread with reduced fat mayonnaise and layered with baby spinach and tomato slices; salad of chopped grapes tomatoes,carrots and celery with low fat dressing; a small yogurt and an apple for dessert; water.
Source: Lucille Beseler,MS.,R.D.,L.D., founder of family nutrition center of South Florida with offices in Margate, Hollywood, West PALM Beach.
Tossed salad of romaine with cucumbers, tomatoes, shredded carrots, chickpeas, diced chicken, shredded part skim mozzarella cheese and low fat salad dressing;whole-wheat crackers; apple slices for dessert;bottled water.
Source: Dr Lorne Katz, medical director for pediatric weight management team at Coral Springs Medical Center.
Vegetable soup made from 1 cup of chicken broth, chopped tomatoes, barley or wholewheat pasta and five or more vegetables of your choice, baked vegetables stick; and pear nectar.
Source: Maria Newman, RD,LD M.S, health instructor, Pembroke Pines Charter School, former supervisor Broward County Health Department Women, infants and Children division.
Whole wheat pita filled with 3 ounces albacore tuna packed in water drained and mixed with chopped celery, carrots,salt pepper and garlic powder to taste; fruit and carrot stick, with low fat ranch dressing for dipping; 2 graham crackers for dessert; low fat milk or water to drink
Source: Jeannette Peralta, RD; LD;MS; pediatric dietician, Miami Children's Hospital.
Vegetable chili with 1 cup low sodium chicken or vegetable broth, 3 ounces of boca crumbles, lentils, mixed japanese blend of frozen vegetables and chopped fresh orcanned tomatoes; 2 high fiber sandinavian crisp crackers to dip in soup; flavored fitness water, such as Propel.
Source: Christopher Fuzy, RD.,LD., MS., president lifestyle Nutrition in Boca Raton and plantation.
Monday, August 16, 2004
FALLEN PUBLISHER, SAD ENDING
Fallen publisher , a sad ending.
Al Goldstein at 68, is broke and homeless.His company , Milky Way Productions, home of screw magazine, and the long running cable show, the Midnight Blue went into bankruptcy last year. His mansion in Pompano Beach was sold in June , to pay his debts.He said he spent much of last month sleeping in a borrowed car behind a Boston Market restaurant in Pompano Beach. Goldstein says that a pornographic video company in Los Angeles recently offered him a sales job at $1,000 a week, but his probation officer declined. " I walked past the townhouse I used to live in on on West 61st Street and I kept thinking, that is who I was. I was somebody with a chauffeur, a limo a townhouse, now I sleep on a floor", " I feel doomed as a jew, I'll try anything else."
Al Goldstein at 68, is broke and homeless.His company , Milky Way Productions, home of screw magazine, and the long running cable show, the Midnight Blue went into bankruptcy last year. His mansion in Pompano Beach was sold in June , to pay his debts.He said he spent much of last month sleeping in a borrowed car behind a Boston Market restaurant in Pompano Beach. Goldstein says that a pornographic video company in Los Angeles recently offered him a sales job at $1,000 a week, but his probation officer declined. " I walked past the townhouse I used to live in on on West 61st Street and I kept thinking, that is who I was. I was somebody with a chauffeur, a limo a townhouse, now I sleep on a floor", " I feel doomed as a jew, I'll try anything else."
Sunday, August 15, 2004
MED NEWS AND MORE
MedicAlert have saved countless lives for decades. A new electronic spin on the idea enables patients to store health histories on a digital device. The Med-Info Chip is a key chain size USB drive that comes with its own software to create a complete medical device right on the drive.It is compatiblr eith both platform. Medical professionals can easily view the files by plugging the drive into a computer and browse through the patient records. Doctor, family, and emergency contacts, allergies and immunizations stories, current medications and insurance coverage are among the informations the device displays. It has 64 meg for $ 70 up to a 100 meg for two, for a 100 dollards.It can be ordered at
www.medinfochip.com
Toshiba just unveiled a new laptop. An integrated tv tuner so you can watch tv, without having to turn the computer on. For more info go to
www.qosmio.com
Web sites of the week
www.cellmanners.com
www.quatloos.com
before you fall prey to financial or tax deal , that seems to good to be true.
Moving to a new house. check out
Find out how much insurance do you need at:
www.edmunds.com/advice/insurance/articles/89618/article.html
Moving to a new house or across town can be dificult, check out at:
http://interiordec.about.com/cs/movingtips/a/12movingtips.htm
Latest Business News
www.businessnow.com
www.medinfochip.com
Toshiba just unveiled a new laptop. An integrated tv tuner so you can watch tv, without having to turn the computer on. For more info go to
www.qosmio.com
Web sites of the week
www.cellmanners.com
www.quatloos.com
before you fall prey to financial or tax deal , that seems to good to be true.
Moving to a new house. check out
Find out how much insurance do you need at:
www.edmunds.com/advice/insurance/articles/89618/article.html
Moving to a new house or across town can be dificult, check out at:
http://interiordec.about.com/cs/movingtips/a/12movingtips.htm
Latest Business News
www.businessnow.com
Thursday, August 12, 2004
DESPERATE JOURNEY
SURVIVORS FOUGHT DESPERATION
Dominicans who survived two weeks on a wooden boat watched in horror as others passengers attack a woman for her breast milk. One woman refused and was thrown overboard. 55 people died on this trip, most of them just jump off. They departed from a village named Del Limon on July 29th. They had set out to Puerto Rico in search of a better life. They had almost reached the island of Desecheo, when their engine failed. The captain jumped off on another ship, and promised to return for help.He never did. More than 7000 Dominicans have been detained trying to reach Puerto Rico since Oct 1. The boat had no seats and no oars, it was about 10 feet wide.
CUBAN EXCEPTION
Cubans might have travel restrictions against them, but an American Distributor Sysco Corp is working with the Cuban government to increase sales to the island's tourist industry under an exception to the U.S trade embargo.. The Corporation is the largest food distributor in N.America , servicing more than 420,000 restaurants, schools and
hospitals in the U.S and Canada.
TOYS R US
Toys R Us battered by prices wars from discounters, especially Wal-Mart may sell chain.The 11.6 billion company is also pursuing a possible spinoff of Babies R Us. Traditional Toys have decreased in importance as children are turning to video games, computer software , sporting goods and music entertainment at yunger ages.Delray Beach based Office-Depot Inc in march made a deal to buy 124 shutterd Kids R Us stores for $197 million. Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe'sCos are interested in buying the company real estate valued at about 2.3 billion as of Jan 31 of this year. It had about 2 billion of cash and cash equivalents at year's end.FAO Inc, owner of FAO Schwarz, Zany Brainy Chains, and KB Toys Inc , all have been unseated by the Giant discounter.
Dominicans who survived two weeks on a wooden boat watched in horror as others passengers attack a woman for her breast milk. One woman refused and was thrown overboard. 55 people died on this trip, most of them just jump off. They departed from a village named Del Limon on July 29th. They had set out to Puerto Rico in search of a better life. They had almost reached the island of Desecheo, when their engine failed. The captain jumped off on another ship, and promised to return for help.He never did. More than 7000 Dominicans have been detained trying to reach Puerto Rico since Oct 1. The boat had no seats and no oars, it was about 10 feet wide.
CUBAN EXCEPTION
Cubans might have travel restrictions against them, but an American Distributor Sysco Corp is working with the Cuban government to increase sales to the island's tourist industry under an exception to the U.S trade embargo.. The Corporation is the largest food distributor in N.America , servicing more than 420,000 restaurants, schools and
hospitals in the U.S and Canada.
TOYS R US
Toys R Us battered by prices wars from discounters, especially Wal-Mart may sell chain.The 11.6 billion company is also pursuing a possible spinoff of Babies R Us. Traditional Toys have decreased in importance as children are turning to video games, computer software , sporting goods and music entertainment at yunger ages.Delray Beach based Office-Depot Inc in march made a deal to buy 124 shutterd Kids R Us stores for $197 million. Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe'sCos are interested in buying the company real estate valued at about 2.3 billion as of Jan 31 of this year. It had about 2 billion of cash and cash equivalents at year's end.FAO Inc, owner of FAO Schwarz, Zany Brainy Chains, and KB Toys Inc , all have been unseated by the Giant discounter.
Monday, August 09, 2004
INFOREAL
Aquabot Bravo cleans up the pool.
A new model from Aqua Products senses your swimming pool design, and cleans it in one hour. It is available online for $1400 .
www.aquadist.com
If you or your child has problems in school.
http://homeworktips.about.com
Read your favorite contemporary writers deepest thoughts
www.powells.com/authors/interviews.html
Researchers working for Raytheon Co. are developing a weapon called the the Active Denial System which repel adversaries by heating the water molecules in their skin with microwave energy. The pain is so great that people flee immediately.It is like your skin is on fire.Aside from paralysing potential attackers or non combattants, developers say directed energy weapons could fry the electronic missiles and roadsid bombs or even disable a vehicle in a high speed chase. To learn more go to:
www.globalsecurity.org
AIRLINE INFORMATION
Aerolinas Argentinas : 305 648-4100
www.aerolinas.com.ar/english.htm
Air Canada: 1 888 247-2262
www.aircanada.com
Air Jamaica: 1 800 523-5585
www.airjamaica.com
Air France: 1 800 237-2747
www.airfrance.com
Air Tran: 1 800 247-8726
www.airtran.com
American Airlines: 1800 433-7300
www.aa.com
America West: 1 800 235-9292
www.americawest.com
British Airways: 1 800 247-9297
www.british-airways.com
Continental Airlines: 1 800 525-0280
www.continental.com
Delta Airlines: 1 800 221-1212
www.delta.com
JetBlue: 1 800 538-2583
www.jetblue.com
Northwest Airlines: 1 800 225-2525
www.nwa.com
Song:1 800 359-7664
www.flysong.com
Southwest Airlines: 1 800 435-9792
www.southwest.com
Spirit Airlines: 1 800 241-6522
www.spiritair.com
Ted: 1 800 225-5831
www.flyted.com
United Airlines: 1 800 241-6522
www.ual.com
US Airways: 1 800 428-4322
www.usairways.com
AIRPORTS
www.fll.net
www.miami-airport.com
www.pbia.org
A new model from Aqua Products senses your swimming pool design, and cleans it in one hour. It is available online for $1400 .
www.aquadist.com
If you or your child has problems in school.
http://homeworktips.about.com
Read your favorite contemporary writers deepest thoughts
www.powells.com/authors/interviews.html
Researchers working for Raytheon Co. are developing a weapon called the the Active Denial System which repel adversaries by heating the water molecules in their skin with microwave energy. The pain is so great that people flee immediately.It is like your skin is on fire.Aside from paralysing potential attackers or non combattants, developers say directed energy weapons could fry the electronic missiles and roadsid bombs or even disable a vehicle in a high speed chase. To learn more go to:
www.globalsecurity.org
AIRLINE INFORMATION
Aerolinas Argentinas : 305 648-4100
www.aerolinas.com.ar/english.htm
Air Canada: 1 888 247-2262
www.aircanada.com
Air Jamaica: 1 800 523-5585
www.airjamaica.com
Air France: 1 800 237-2747
www.airfrance.com
Air Tran: 1 800 247-8726
www.airtran.com
American Airlines: 1800 433-7300
www.aa.com
America West: 1 800 235-9292
www.americawest.com
British Airways: 1 800 247-9297
www.british-airways.com
Continental Airlines: 1 800 525-0280
www.continental.com
Delta Airlines: 1 800 221-1212
www.delta.com
JetBlue: 1 800 538-2583
www.jetblue.com
Northwest Airlines: 1 800 225-2525
www.nwa.com
Song:1 800 359-7664
www.flysong.com
Southwest Airlines: 1 800 435-9792
www.southwest.com
Spirit Airlines: 1 800 241-6522
www.spiritair.com
Ted: 1 800 225-5831
www.flyted.com
United Airlines: 1 800 241-6522
www.ual.com
US Airways: 1 800 428-4322
www.usairways.com
AIRPORTS
www.fll.net
www.miami-airport.com
www.pbia.org
Saturday, August 07, 2004
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
THE HAITIAN DILEMMA
YES IT CAN BE FIXED.
Do we enjoy chaos, because of its predictable nature, but we all know pretty much the end results, it is going to lead us to failures.
Do we refuse to acknowledge our failures and our weaknesses, are we taking the same path that have caused us so much heartaches and sorrows, and loss revenues . A company or a politician, nowadays cannot operate without a web site. For the naysayers, the answer is probably the same , Haitians people do not use the internet, or they do not need electricity, the poors have candles and the rich use generators and power inverters. Very often you hear those remarks. If we follow the example of the Immigration and Homeland security Services, formely known as the Immigration and Naturalization Services we will find a very different story. Whenever one had to go to the immigration, despite the facts that the offices will open at 7:AM, people will be there at 2:am, 3:AM, to be conservative, so they could be seen first. InfoPass was created, a computer program that allows you to set up your appointment, and show up at least 1 hour before your time,therefore diminishing your waiting times, and long lines most often portrayed in communist countries. There was no mention of people that wanted the services were immigrants, most of them probably illiterate, that would never use the system. Speaking from experience the system has been a source of revenues for multi services allowing them to set up appointment for a fee and so on, and a stress free for one with an appointment to the services. If the telephone was able to carry voices over, the internet is 10 fold that, it carries voice, data, images , all at the same and millions of people can have access to the same news simultaneously , becoming a very powerful medium. What the internet does is projecting an image outhere, that you are a very transparent company, it goes both for countries, I'm longing for the time I will be able to email an Haitian minister, an elected official a Senator, and so on. Progress has been made , the Haitian Embassy in Washington has web sites, but I do not know the response upon sending electronic mail internet. A web presence says that you are open 24 hours, you are welcoming people's comments, complaints, whatever it might be. It also gives you an international presence and the exposure is beneficial. But you do need some one at the other end to respond to those email. Do you know how much revenues the airlines industry has developed in internet presence, ticket sales after hours, the rent a car industry, the government, just to name those few. It is forecasted by 2007 the paper ticket will become obsolete.
People get praises when they associate themselves with smarter people and create profits . Welch, of GE, said during an interview, "we have money, what we need is ideas". Have we come to worship failures, and has it become so acceptable in our cultures , has the political turmoil in our homeland affected our business decisions even abroad , despite our exposures to the best business models. Most of us were raised , if we were hungry to refuse foods at the neighbors houses, not to show our houses to our schools friends. We want the next door neighbor to perceive us as having money, and things are going well even in our death bed, therefore decreasing our chances of survival and good helping hand, and perhaps, that is why our country has not been able to get the help or expertise needed, too many intellectuals, engineers, doctors , but not enough businessmen and women , constructions workers, field technicians, carpenters, mechanics or shoemakers. Being in the auto repair business at one point of time, my mechanics would tell me , when they decided to learn the trade , they lost a few friends, just to find those same people later one, begging them for money. There is a long list of non respected trades in our culture. I would not name them, for I will give exposure to the insanity. There was a saying growing up in Haiti, whenever we had money we will spend it in one day, buying things for our selves and our close friends. "tomorrow should bring his own money", therefore savings was not emphasized.
Do we rather bring the company down instead of having to bring others on board that can do the fixing. It has affected the creation of many Haitian companies abroad where, there is no job description, no plan, no hierachy,no hiring process. Decisions are being made right after a dream or a nap.
We create companies with no legitimate titles where every body is everybody and every one can bring their advices and expertise , or
calling themselves experts and want a paycheck for it.
You find yourselves having bosses that you did not know existed.
People coming with no formal introduction to one another and all over sudden you find yourself being supervised or they want you to do this .
Every one is turning into circles and nothing concrete is being done, I call it the street corner talk mentality, where everyone discuss thing for several hours, with no documentation, and each goes their separate ways. The worst thing that can happen is to surrender those companies to foreigners, sometimes because of skin color, with the fact that Haitians people will respect or trust the business if the management is of farer skin color. I would often hear people say, "I would start a business wether in the US or in Haiti, but I have to have a light skin person ,short of a white person, , I would stay in the shadows, cause without this stamp, this sort of presence, the business will not be validated or respected". There was this joke of this Haitian man of light skin color, after spending some times in the US, went back to Haiti. He traveled with an interpreter, making believe he could not speak the language, he got himself the best treatment, and won and broke quiet a few hearts. In Haiti today you will find kindergarden named " The little Canadian", or you find parents with two kids, one born in Haiti, the other born in the US, or Canada, France, gets all the praises, finding the need to make distinctions. Meanwhile no sensitivity for labor laws, with sweat shops mentality, no cultural sensitiveness, and no real paying jobs for the population they serve,no hiring process.The mentality of shooting first and ask questions later. These individuals are doing real damages to their communities by surrendering their businesses to other individuals,not that I'm saying that we can not work together,we welcome their expertise just as they have welcomed us when we first enter this country. Most of us had to find work, but very often it was not with our own people. But when it is time for us to create businesses, we should be at the decision making level,have a final say in the hiring and the pay process .
We want businesses to thrive, when we lack the basics of starting. Rule # 1, business involve risks and incertitude.
We still have not created a hiring process, let alone staffing companies within ourselves. Is there a safety net for the new comer, a guiding light upon encountering the culture schock. Haitians businessmen spend most of their times talking instead of listening, not taking any advices, hardly scheduling meetings among their associates, therefore missing importants tips.
Business is associated with risks and unpredictability, what we can only control is our customer service base area, our employees well trained and respected ,
to provide the service that we have opted to provide, from A to Z . Payrolls is not a weekly and bi weekly thing. You can be taken for a ride trying to collect a pay check from an Haitian business. We need to focus on the improvements of our services, and receptive to technological advances, that it can only save us from our next failure. I have a long list of companies that have taken the leap, and this article would not be enough , I will name just a few:
www.kalsonwouj.com, www.fouye.com www.metropolehaiti.com www.port-haiti.com www.unitransfer.com www.commonmortgage.com www.uhhp.com www.carlfombrun.com www.everythinghaitian.com www.haitibuzz.com www.sakapfet.com www.sweetmickey.com, www.zwaveradio.com www.amh.com www.haitibooks.com www.haitipressnetwork.com www.pvscom.com www.haitinetworking.com www.airdayiti.com www.uhhp.com www.lakaymagazine.com www.kiskeyaherald.com www.haiticonek.com
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Do we enjoy chaos, because of its predictable nature, but we all know pretty much the end results, it is going to lead us to failures.
Do we refuse to acknowledge our failures and our weaknesses, are we taking the same path that have caused us so much heartaches and sorrows, and loss revenues . A company or a politician, nowadays cannot operate without a web site. For the naysayers, the answer is probably the same , Haitians people do not use the internet, or they do not need electricity, the poors have candles and the rich use generators and power inverters. Very often you hear those remarks. If we follow the example of the Immigration and Homeland security Services, formely known as the Immigration and Naturalization Services we will find a very different story. Whenever one had to go to the immigration, despite the facts that the offices will open at 7:AM, people will be there at 2:am, 3:AM, to be conservative, so they could be seen first. InfoPass was created, a computer program that allows you to set up your appointment, and show up at least 1 hour before your time,therefore diminishing your waiting times, and long lines most often portrayed in communist countries. There was no mention of people that wanted the services were immigrants, most of them probably illiterate, that would never use the system. Speaking from experience the system has been a source of revenues for multi services allowing them to set up appointment for a fee and so on, and a stress free for one with an appointment to the services. If the telephone was able to carry voices over, the internet is 10 fold that, it carries voice, data, images , all at the same and millions of people can have access to the same news simultaneously , becoming a very powerful medium. What the internet does is projecting an image outhere, that you are a very transparent company, it goes both for countries, I'm longing for the time I will be able to email an Haitian minister, an elected official a Senator, and so on. Progress has been made , the Haitian Embassy in Washington has web sites, but I do not know the response upon sending electronic mail internet. A web presence says that you are open 24 hours, you are welcoming people's comments, complaints, whatever it might be. It also gives you an international presence and the exposure is beneficial. But you do need some one at the other end to respond to those email. Do you know how much revenues the airlines industry has developed in internet presence, ticket sales after hours, the rent a car industry, the government, just to name those few. It is forecasted by 2007 the paper ticket will become obsolete.
People get praises when they associate themselves with smarter people and create profits . Welch, of GE, said during an interview, "we have money, what we need is ideas". Have we come to worship failures, and has it become so acceptable in our cultures , has the political turmoil in our homeland affected our business decisions even abroad , despite our exposures to the best business models. Most of us were raised , if we were hungry to refuse foods at the neighbors houses, not to show our houses to our schools friends. We want the next door neighbor to perceive us as having money, and things are going well even in our death bed, therefore decreasing our chances of survival and good helping hand, and perhaps, that is why our country has not been able to get the help or expertise needed, too many intellectuals, engineers, doctors , but not enough businessmen and women , constructions workers, field technicians, carpenters, mechanics or shoemakers. Being in the auto repair business at one point of time, my mechanics would tell me , when they decided to learn the trade , they lost a few friends, just to find those same people later one, begging them for money. There is a long list of non respected trades in our culture. I would not name them, for I will give exposure to the insanity. There was a saying growing up in Haiti, whenever we had money we will spend it in one day, buying things for our selves and our close friends. "tomorrow should bring his own money", therefore savings was not emphasized.
Do we rather bring the company down instead of having to bring others on board that can do the fixing. It has affected the creation of many Haitian companies abroad where, there is no job description, no plan, no hierachy,no hiring process. Decisions are being made right after a dream or a nap.
We create companies with no legitimate titles where every body is everybody and every one can bring their advices and expertise , or
calling themselves experts and want a paycheck for it.
You find yourselves having bosses that you did not know existed.
People coming with no formal introduction to one another and all over sudden you find yourself being supervised or they want you to do this .
Every one is turning into circles and nothing concrete is being done, I call it the street corner talk mentality, where everyone discuss thing for several hours, with no documentation, and each goes their separate ways. The worst thing that can happen is to surrender those companies to foreigners, sometimes because of skin color, with the fact that Haitians people will respect or trust the business if the management is of farer skin color. I would often hear people say, "I would start a business wether in the US or in Haiti, but I have to have a light skin person ,short of a white person, , I would stay in the shadows, cause without this stamp, this sort of presence, the business will not be validated or respected". There was this joke of this Haitian man of light skin color, after spending some times in the US, went back to Haiti. He traveled with an interpreter, making believe he could not speak the language, he got himself the best treatment, and won and broke quiet a few hearts. In Haiti today you will find kindergarden named " The little Canadian", or you find parents with two kids, one born in Haiti, the other born in the US, or Canada, France, gets all the praises, finding the need to make distinctions. Meanwhile no sensitivity for labor laws, with sweat shops mentality, no cultural sensitiveness, and no real paying jobs for the population they serve,no hiring process.The mentality of shooting first and ask questions later. These individuals are doing real damages to their communities by surrendering their businesses to other individuals,not that I'm saying that we can not work together,we welcome their expertise just as they have welcomed us when we first enter this country. Most of us had to find work, but very often it was not with our own people. But when it is time for us to create businesses, we should be at the decision making level,have a final say in the hiring and the pay process .
We want businesses to thrive, when we lack the basics of starting. Rule # 1, business involve risks and incertitude.
We still have not created a hiring process, let alone staffing companies within ourselves. Is there a safety net for the new comer, a guiding light upon encountering the culture schock. Haitians businessmen spend most of their times talking instead of listening, not taking any advices, hardly scheduling meetings among their associates, therefore missing importants tips.
Business is associated with risks and unpredictability, what we can only control is our customer service base area, our employees well trained and respected ,
to provide the service that we have opted to provide, from A to Z . Payrolls is not a weekly and bi weekly thing. You can be taken for a ride trying to collect a pay check from an Haitian business. We need to focus on the improvements of our services, and receptive to technological advances, that it can only save us from our next failure. I have a long list of companies that have taken the leap, and this article would not be enough , I will name just a few:
www.kalsonwouj.com, www.fouye.com www.metropolehaiti.com www.port-haiti.com www.unitransfer.com www.commonmortgage.com www.uhhp.com www.carlfombrun.com www.everythinghaitian.com www.haitibuzz.com www.sakapfet.com www.sweetmickey.com, www.zwaveradio.com www.amh.com www.haitibooks.com www.haitipressnetwork.com www.pvscom.com www.haitinetworking.com www.airdayiti.com www.uhhp.com www.lakaymagazine.com www.kiskeyaherald.com www.haiticonek.com
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